Colleen Bawn

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The Colleen Bawn (from cailín bán, fair girl) was Ellen Hanley, aged 15, who eloped with John Scanlan who, after a few weeks, had his servant Stephen Sullivan murder her in a boat on the Shannon Estuary.

Her body was washed ashore near Money Point on 6 September 1819. Scanlan and Sullivan were tried, found guilty and hanged for her murder.

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